British Rail Provincial sector

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The British Rail Provincial sector was the division of British Rail responsible for operating most non-intercity and rural passenger train services across the United Kingdom before sectorisation reforms led to its rebranding as Regional Railways.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Rail sector ⓘ
passenger rail operating sector ⓘ
brandingColor blue ⓘ
brandingName Provincial ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
didNotOperate InterCity services ⓘ
Network SouthEast services ⓘ
endDate 1992 ⓘ
fareSystem British Rail national fares structure ⓘ
fundingModel subsidised passenger operations ⓘ
governmentOversight UK Department of Transport ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
historicalContext pre-privatisation era of British railways ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
notableChange introduction of sector-based management within British Rail ⓘ
operatedBy British Rail ⓘ
operatingArea England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
owner British Railways Board ⓘ
linked to: British Rail
parentOrganization British Rail ⓘ
partOf sectorisation of British Rail ⓘ
predecessor British Rail Regions system ⓘ
primaryFocus socially necessary but unprofitable routes ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
railwayOperatorRole management of rolling stock for regional services ⓘ
operation of cross-country stopping services ⓘ
timetabling of regional services ⓘ
rebrandedAs Regional Railways ⓘ
rebrandingDate 1987 ⓘ
regionServed Great Britain ⓘ
relatedSector InterCity ⓘ
Network SouthEast ⓘ
Railfreight ⓘ
rollingStockType diesel multiple units ⓘ
electric multiple units ⓘ
locomotive-hauled coaching stock ⓘ
serviceCoverage most non-intercity passenger services in Great Britain ⓘ
most rural passenger services in Great Britain ⓘ
serviceType non-intercity passenger services ⓘ
passenger rail services ⓘ
rural passenger services ⓘ
startDate 1982 ⓘ
status defunct rail operating sector ⓘ
successor Regional Railways ⓘ
successorSector Regional Railways sector ⓘ
linked to: Regional Railways
transportMode rail ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Regional Railways → precededBy → British Rail Provincial sector ⓘ
British Rail Class 158 → operator → British Rail Provincial sector ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 158
British Rail Class 158 → operator → British Rail Regional Railways ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 158
linked to: British Rail Provincial sector
British Rail Class 150 → operator → Regional Railways (sector of British Rail) ⓘ
linked to: British Rail Provincial sector
Mainline Trains → precededBy → British Rail regional operations ⓘ
subject linked to: Mainline Trains (past)
linked to: British Rail Provincial sector
British Rail Class 158 → enteredServiceWith → Provincial sector of British Rail ⓘ
subject linked to: Class 158 diesel multiple unit
linked to: British Rail Provincial sector